(A) Position established. The position of City Administrator is created and established.
(B) Qualifications. The City Administrator shall be selected solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his or her experience in or his or her knowledge of accepted practice in respect to the duties of his or her office hereinafter set forth.
(C) Power and duties. The City Administrator shall be the chief administrative officer of the city and he or she shall be responsible to the Council for the proper administration of all affairs of the city and to that end shall have the power and shall be required to:
(1) Supervise and exercise control over the administration of all departments, offices and divisions of the city and carry out any other responsibilities placed under his or her jurisdiction by this chapter or subsequent Council action. He or she shall appoint, suspend or remove all officers and employees of the city except as otherwise provided by provisions of the City Code, resolutions or other law;
(2) Develop and issue all administrative rules, regulations and procedures necessary to insure the proper functioning of all departments and offices under his or her jurisdiction;
(3) Prepare and submit an annual budget to the Council and keep the Council advised of the financial condition of the city and make such recommendations as he or she may from time to time determine desirable and necessary;
(4) Attend and take part in discussion at all meetings of the Council and other official bodies as directed by the Council. The City Administrator shall also represent the city at all official or semi-official functions as may be directed by the Council. He or she shall be entitled to notice of all regular and special meetings of the Council;
(5) See that all laws and code provisions are duly enforced;
(6) Make or let purchases and contracts for claims that do not need Council approval, including the payment of judgments; payment of principal or interest on obligations where the exact amounts have previously been fixed by contract; rent; fixed charges under a contract that was previously authorized by the City Council or wages that have been set by the Council or state law.
(a) Make or let purchases and contracts from imprest funds established by the City Council.
(b) Make or let purchases and contracts for claims under an amount the Council sets by resolution.
(c) Receive estimates, quotations, sealed bids, purchases, or contracts in excess of the limit determined by the City Council by resolutions and then present them to the City Council for official action;
(7) Recommend from time to time the adoption of such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient for the health, safety and welfare of the community or for the improvement of administration;
(8) Perform such other duties as may be required by the Council and consistent with Minnesota Statutes and provisions of the City Code.
(D) Compensation. The City Administrator shall receive such compensation as the Council shall fix from time to time by ordinance, resolution or employment contract.
(1975 Code, § 2.05) (Ord. 470, passed 6-16-1969; Am. Ord. 559, passed 3-3-1973; Am. Ord. 125, 4th Series, passed 2-18-2020; Am. Ord. 161, 4th Series, passed 10-2-2023)